Walmart to venture into crypto and NFTs
America’s biggest American multinational retail corporation Walmart intends to issue its own cryptocurrency, according to its recent trademark applications that have been reviewed by CNBC.
The company is also getting “metaverse-ready” by attempting to obtain trademark protection for various virtual goods such as electronics, skincare products, electronics and others.
After Celo’s success, Polkastarter integrates Avalanche
As part of its efforts to achieve its multi-chain goal, Polkastarter has officially announced the integration of Avalanche.
With this integration, users of the platform can now take part in even more IDOs by having access to the Avalanche ecosystem. In addition, users will now pay lower network charges after the integration.
USDC’s supply on Ethereum surpasses that of rival USDT’s for the first time
The total supply of the USDC stablecoin on the Ethereum blockchain has surpassed that of rival Tether’s (USDT) for the first time.
The current total supply of USDC on Ethereum stands at 39.92 billion, whereas USDT’s total supply on the blockchain stands at 39.82 billion, according to Etherscan.
Crypto whales have been quietly accumulating Litecoin (LTC)
Data from cryptocurrency analytics firm Santiment shows that whale addresses holding between 10,000 and 1 million LTC have been accumulating the cryptocurrency for 15 weeks, their longest period since 2017, to the point they added 5% of Litecoin’s supply to their holdings.
Uruguay reportedly installs its first Bitcoin ATM
Uruguay has reportedly installed its first Bitcoin (BTC) ATM, making it the 11th South American country to publicly encourage crypto adoption.
According to Ámbito, Uruguay’s first crypto ATM was installed in the coastal city of Punta del Este, a major tourist attraction in the region. Uruguay’s first Bitcoin ATM was developed and installed in partnership with two local crypto companies — URUBit and inBierto.
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ICON (ICX) commits $200M to interoperability incentive fund
The ICON Foundation, the organization that supports the development of South Korea’s largest public aggregator chain ICON, announced plans to launch an interoperability incentive program for 200 million ICX, or approximately $200 million.
The program is launched to incentivize the ICON community and its partner networks to adopt ICON’s Blockchain Transmission Protocol, or BTP.
ETH whale just bought 8M Dogecoin as Tesla starts accepting DOGE payments
The CEO of Tesla, Elon Musk, made the announcement regarding the acceptance of Dogecoin for their items purchases through Twitter.
Just after the announcement, an unidentified Ethereum whale has bought 8 million DOGE, which is more than $1,400,000.
Polygon (MATIC) network activity spikes to record-breaking numbers
The number of daily active addresses on Poygon (MATIC) is up 36% in the first week of 2022. Also, in recent days, its aggregated revenue and average transactional cost indicators more than tripled.
Highlights of the week
MEXC announces partnership with $FIO.
$NEAR raised $150 million to accelerate Web3 adoption.
$ALGO partners with $ACH to drive direct fiat payments.
$FTT launches $2 billion Web3 venture fund.
$EGLD acquires $UTK for payments and integrates $C98 DeFi app.